Early-est:     Flores Region, Indonesia    2026.08.17-00:46:49.25    q:B      mb:5.3*    Mwp:5.6    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:0.8     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1786927604478.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1786927604478.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1786927604478.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 5.3* [49]    Mwp: 5.6 [12]    Mwpd: 5.6Xinv [8]
Region: Flores Region, Indonesia
Origin Time: 2026.08.17-00:46:49.25 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: -8.28°  lon: 121.58°  [+/-24km]    depth: 71km  [+/-43km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  B     stdErr: 1.3s   assocPhases: 83   usedPhases: 53
minDist: 0.7°   maxDist: 145.3°   AzGap: 42°   2ndAzGap: 77°   atten: -1.28 [+/-0.23]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 19km   maxHorUnc: 24km   azMaxHorUnc: 25°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 45km   majorAxisAzimuth: 15°   majorAxisPlunge: 69°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 26km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 217°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 20°   semiMinorAxisLength: 23km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 0.5 [38]    Td: 1.8s [13]    Td*T50Ex: 0.8 [13]    To: 7.5s [34]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Banda Sea - Timor [oceanic convergent boundary]: distance: ~40km
   Sunda - Timor [continental transform fault]: distance: ~110km
   Banda Sea - Sunda [continental transform fault]: distance: ~120km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Sumatra-Java: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 no
 YES (40km)
 no
Prob underwater:
 >99%
 >99%
 >99%
Td*T50Ex:
   0.8
   0.8
   0.8
Td*To:
     13.5
     13.5
     13.5
Mwp magnitude:
       5.6
       5.6
       5.6
Hypocenter depth:
       71km
       71km
       71km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
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First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 50°   dip: 65°   rake: 18°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 312°   dip: 74°   rake: 154°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 45   misfitWeightCount: 18.2   misfit: 0.24   stationDistributionRatio: 0.62   meanDistP: 44.4   meanDistT: 32.3   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1786927604478.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (No solution available)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 0°   dip: 0°   rake: 0°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 270°   dip: 90°   rake: 90°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 0   misfitWeightCount: -1.0   misfit: -1.00   stationDistributionRatio: -1.00   meanDistP: -1.0   meanDistT: -1.0   qualityCode: X
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1786927604478.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 314°   dip: 57°   rake: 176°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 47°   dip: 86°   rake: 34°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 43°   stationPolarityCount: 45   misfit: 0.33   stationDistributionRatio: 0.63   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 25.17   fracAcc30degPref: 0.85   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1786927604478
Event info last updated: 2026.08.17-01:45:00 UTC
Event first association/location: 2026.08.17-00:51:00 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA